cmgreczyn
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Hey Y'all,
I shouldn't decide it is time to brew at 2 or 3 in the morning. That's my lesson for the night. My other lesson, however, I don't yet know. So, I hope that you can help.
Planning to get into partial mashing with the tea bag technique (Deathbrewer's, I believe), I ordered two kits from Northern Brewer - an extract and an all grain. I ordered a White Labs cream ale yeast as well. My plan was to combine and then split the ingredients in half, brew one half, and then brew the second half on bottling day for the first, using the yeast cake leftover from that first partial mash cream ale.
All was well until the brewing bug bit me a couple hours ago. I got stuff going for the second half of the batch, but, a half hour into the mash, realized that I have no yeast for this half. The first half was brewed last Friday, and I don't plan to bottle until this upcoming weekend (or the following weekend). I have various wine yeasts in my freezer for use in making meads, ciders and, of course, apfelwein, but I have no beer yeast that isn't currently fermenting beer.
What do I do?
The only LBS I know of within a couple hour's drive is closed on Sundays and Mondays. I could rack the current cream ale to a secondary, and put this on that cake. I think that's my plan. Better suggestions?
I shouldn't decide it is time to brew at 2 or 3 in the morning. That's my lesson for the night. My other lesson, however, I don't yet know. So, I hope that you can help.
Planning to get into partial mashing with the tea bag technique (Deathbrewer's, I believe), I ordered two kits from Northern Brewer - an extract and an all grain. I ordered a White Labs cream ale yeast as well. My plan was to combine and then split the ingredients in half, brew one half, and then brew the second half on bottling day for the first, using the yeast cake leftover from that first partial mash cream ale.
All was well until the brewing bug bit me a couple hours ago. I got stuff going for the second half of the batch, but, a half hour into the mash, realized that I have no yeast for this half. The first half was brewed last Friday, and I don't plan to bottle until this upcoming weekend (or the following weekend). I have various wine yeasts in my freezer for use in making meads, ciders and, of course, apfelwein, but I have no beer yeast that isn't currently fermenting beer.
What do I do?
The only LBS I know of within a couple hour's drive is closed on Sundays and Mondays. I could rack the current cream ale to a secondary, and put this on that cake. I think that's my plan. Better suggestions?